I read Gareth Higgins’s book How Movies Helped Save My Soul over the weekend. Fantastic work. If this interests you, I also suggest Reel Spirituality and Eyes Wide Open.
While reading How Movies Helped Save My Soul, I made a list (without too much analyzing on my part) of movies that have deeply impacted me over [...]
Entries about Film
HOW MOVIES HELPED SAVE MY SOULAugust 17, 2009
May 20, 2009
U2, the greatest band on Planet Earth (to say it mildly) is coming to America in September. I’ve got my tickets to one of the shows in Toronto. This is my thirtieth birthday present from KG (who celebrated 26 yesterday–happy birthday . . . you truly are the source of joy in my life). The [...]
Read more...April 12, 2009
Film is a powerful force in our culture. Period. We can lament about “Hollywood” and movies about sex, violence, and power (which begs the question: what do we do with the Bible?). The reality is, Hollywood makes movies to sell tickets. If a movie about a cartoon character would sell more than a Bruce Willis [...]
Read more...February 24, 2009
Five reasons to go see Slumdog Millionaire:
I think it’s wonderful that Slumdog beat out Milk, Nixon, Reader, and Benjamin Button and for the Oscar Sunday night. I was able to see all of the movies nominated for Best Picture . . . and . . . for the first time in a long, long time, [...]
January 13, 2009
Three interesting movies out right now. I’ll try not to spoil the plot.
1. Gran Torino. Essentially, it’s the story of violence and hate lived out in communities and neighborhoods all over the planet. One man decides that there’s a way to end the violence. Unfortunately, his method is viewed as archaic and naive by most [...]
January 6, 2009
I just finished Acedia and Me by Kathleen Norris. Overall, the book pales in comparison with The Cloister Walk and A Vocabulary of Faith. Norris has established her as one of the top spiritual writers of our day. I think she took a step backwards with this book. However, many of her insights into acedia [...]
Read more...October 16, 2008
The excitement we’ve felt from our family and friends has been encouraging. Thanks to everyone who wrote an e-mail, commented on the blog, posted a note to Facebook, left me voice-mail/text. We are truly blessed to have so many people who are sharing life with us.
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Tomorrow, I present a film I’ve been working on for [...]
